Divers TRAPPED On The Ocean Floor | Diving Gone Wrong

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Thalassophobia is an intense phobia or fear of large bodies of water. Nothing epitomizes this more than if you imagine being in the middle of the ocean, far from land, and poking your head under the water and seeing the vast empty expanse of dark water thousands of feet below you. You have no idea how deep it is or what lurks there, but you know that you are completely helpless to whatever it might be. These are true horrifying encounters of diving gone wrong.

Attributions/Special Thanks for Photographs:
Misko, Michel Rathwell, David Broad, Giorgio Galeotti, dronepicr, Robert Gourley, Dorothy, NOAA/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Takeshi Kuboki, Cheryl Morrison, NOAA/Steve Ross, NOAA/Gavin Eppard, marv4mart, Neil Rickards, Coast Guard/Peter Lang, Eric Dbs, MARUM Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften at Universität Bremen/V.Diekamp

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Hey everyone! Have a great weekend!

[chiefmofo]

After watching so many of these deep sea tragedies, it feel like any technical issue that occurs at a certain depth should be considered urgent by default and only de-escalated when a full assessment is made by the rescue team.

[themathics-yt]

I hate the idea of having to stay under water to let your body adjust to the new pressure until you can go to the surface, its probably one of the scariest parts for me, if you stay too long you are essentially trapped

[sarahr]

That last story is especially brutal. Being trapped waiting on rescue while absolutely freezing is an awful way to go.

[cosmic_pursuit]

Narrator's voice is perfect tone, and the graphics are evidence that this dude really goes above and beyond to immerse us in these experiences. This channel has quickly become my favorite.

[thewanderingbeard]

Hey no big deal but just FYI, Luke didn't have his mouthpiece out of his mouth. Infact Luke didn't have a mouthpiece period. We as commercial divers generally don't work on SCUBA. Instead, we wear a helmet, attached to that helmet is a hose or "umbilical" which has our communication cables and is also supplied with air from the surface via a compressor or larger tanks. All that to say, you don't have a regulator that goes in your mouth . So what happened is that Luke's helmet was fractured or crushed thereby allowing water to flood it and he drowned. I believe he was wearing a Kirby Morgan 37 or 77 if you are interested in looking that up to see how they work and just in case you decide to tell more commercial diving stories. Again, super easy mistake to make if you aren't a commercial diver, so no judgment at all. I just thought it would be helpful info for you. Be well and best wishes my friend.

[tihspidtherekciltilc]

I really need to hug my dad. I never thought about how freaking dangerous being a marine biologist is until I came to this channel and realized he's been in this sub, the ALVIN and has been so deep the large styrofoam coffee cup he brought me from a dive at the Galapagos that's compressed down to a fifth of it's original size easily could have been him thousands of times over. Thanks, I really needed this.

[_SimpleJack_]

The levels of incompetence and negligence portrayed in these stories are mind boggling.

[robhrouda]

"Hey, you're going to go underwater in a piece of machinery. Do you wanna wear a wet suit or anything?"
"Nah, it'll be fine. We'll be there for 30 minutes - what could possibly go wrong?"

As my daddy told me time and time again: Plan for things to go wrong, not for things to go right.

[marinusvonzilio]

The story surrounding HMS Thetis is actually worse than presented. Ships with the cutting equipment needed to cut through the hull (and we are talking about a roughly centimetre and a half thick plating, so relatively thin) were on site. The stern of the Thetis was actually sticking *out* of the water prominently, with the bow being ploughed into the seabed, so rescuers had easy access to the submarine and no divers were needed. Cutting would have been easy and the men on the site urged for it, only to be ordered to stand by. Relatively recently a document from the period was found in the public archives that confirmed cutting through the hull was dismissed as an option because it would have compromised the structural integrity of the ship.

This was 1939 and war with Germany looked (and was) inevitable and the Admiralty was more interested in preserving the ship rather than saving the crew. A submarine with a cut hull would have been structurally compromised even after repairs, but if it sank *without* being cut into, then it could be salvaged and put back into service, which is what happened in the end.

[glb]

I feel so bad for all those people stuck in the submarine waiting to essentially run out of air and die all because that one guy panicked, and in his panic opened the hatch early causing everyone to die and have no chance or hope of survival. I can't even imagine being in that situation it's so horrific, I'm afraid of deep waters like the ocean as is so yeah shits terrifying.

[ngud_gaming]

The last story is so frustrating cause of how much incompetence and just lack of urgency and preparedness there was. It sounded like all the rescue divers and ships were given barely any information of the severity of the situation or what exactly what going on. Sounded like all they were told was “ we have some workers stuck somewhere near a sunken ship and I think they’re fine so don’t worry or rush yourselves”

[howardlanus]

That submarine story is exactly why you celebrate AFTER you complete your voyages, not before.

[Ercarret]

If you haven't seen it already, I can recommend a documentary about a diving accident in the North Sea. It's called "Last Breath" and is about a diver who gets trapped alone on the bottom of the sea and the desperate attempt to rescue him from those in the boat above. It's been a few years since I saw it but I remember it being one of the most harrowing stories I've ever heard. I can't even fathom being all alone in absolute pitch-black sea. Perfect nightmare fuel, but a very well-made documentary.

[pcbphantom]

I think the scariest part of diving and why I will never ever do it is the part where you have to very slowly go up and sit there and wait. Now imagine a person with thalassophobia is diving and they have to sit there and wait to go up, while their brain is making them think that something could come out of no where and drag them down to the bottom and kill them, or something like that. That’s actually terrifying, massive props to divers who dive willingly, you could never pay me enough.

[justacoffeemug]

I love these videos so much, there able to scare me without using cheap jumpscares or loud boom noises after being quite. It just uses the atmosphere that he creates during the videos to make you scared or uneasy and its so surprising that this channel isnt getting millions of veiws

[sedrickblake]

NEVER change the music you use for these videos. This song is absolutely chilling.

[diandian]

I've said it before, this channel is the best in the "scary true story" genre on YouTube. Great storytelling, and not just reading Wikipedia to us!

[danieldubois]

Thanks I show up to my next submarine next week lol. The experience of being trained on how to escape a submarine is extremely stressful and sensory overload. In my opinion, It is no fault to the guy who panicked. A lot of people would, especially if they weren’t trained for it.

Imagine trying to hang from a pull-up bar with one hand while the other hand is holding a 70lb dumbbell while you are in a wind tunnel and water is splashing everywhere and you have to blow through your nose with a clip on it to equalize pressure in your ears at the same time. Then while ascending you have to keep exhaling so your lungs don’t explode at the lower pressure. It is an insane experience.

British submarines no longer have built in escape systems as far as I know because escape is only possible in 1% of all the oceans where the depth is shallow enough.

I love your diving content, my coworkers think I’m crazy watching this before work lol. But I have learned a lot from these videos, thank you!

[CocoNutty-znfl]

Imagine how pissed youd be at the guy that that panicked and trapped the others inside. His panic sealed all of their fates